Neighbour chiminea fun
Discussion
Were you smoking cigars at all these times as well? My neighbour smokes roll ups in his lounge and due to prevailing wind the smell often comes into my lounge if the windows are open. He seems to like a smelly type of tobacco, is it your cigars they can smell? You can't see the smoke coming into our lounge at all either.
Just in case you buy a patio heater and find it wasn't the problem in the first place...
Just in case you buy a patio heater and find it wasn't the problem in the first place...
Mr GrimNasty said:
I think it's like being a smoker you can't smell it, yet it's disgusting for everyone else, also the fumes tend to sink a short distance and then flood the surrounding properties as they cool.
The companies that sell BBQs, Chimneas etc. have a lot to answer for.
I've got a t
t of a neighbour who ruins every single summer with endless BBQs.
How would you like it if your neighbour had a bonfire on the best days of the year and forced you out of your garden and indoors with the windows shut in stifling heat and the stench of paraffin/smoke/cremations seeping in?
My mind is blown. Cremations? Blaming retailers of barbies for you not liking one of the best aspects of a summers day? The companies that sell BBQs, Chimneas etc. have a lot to answer for.
I've got a t
t of a neighbour who ruins every single summer with endless BBQs.How would you like it if your neighbour had a bonfire on the best days of the year and forced you out of your garden and indoors with the windows shut in stifling heat and the stench of paraffin/smoke/cremations seeping in?
OP - occams razor says that your neighbours probably do get smoke in their house. The alternatice (that they sit there every evening watching just in case you have a fire) is bith unlikely, and a lot more worrying than your current problem!
I second the patio heater option.
I have an electric 3000KW one on a stand, it wont give the same look or feature of a fire, but better than nothing.
Re: the costs, lets say it costs £1 an hour to run, you said you use your chiminea perhaps 3 times a year?
and the "smoke - less" logs would cost more to buy.
A Gas patio heater could be a good half way house, flames and no smoke!
I have an electric 3000KW one on a stand, it wont give the same look or feature of a fire, but better than nothing.
Re: the costs, lets say it costs £1 an hour to run, you said you use your chiminea perhaps 3 times a year?
and the "smoke - less" logs would cost more to buy.
A Gas patio heater could be a good half way house, flames and no smoke!
As an earlier poster suggested, it may not be the ciminea that's the main irritant but the cigars that you smoke. They can have a right old reek on them.
Maybe the neigbours are trying to be polite and rather than criticise you for being a smoker, they're suggesting your chinea smells.
Bit like blaming the dog for farting instead of telling off grandma for soiling herself.
Maybe the neigbours are trying to be polite and rather than criticise you for being a smoker, they're suggesting your chinea smells.
Bit like blaming the dog for farting instead of telling off grandma for soiling herself.
I can only concur with the previous posters that ask how big your garden is and how many metres away from their house you have the chiminea?
I think it's probably a combination of the Ciminena smoke and cigar smoke, and quite simply being too near to their house for the smoke to become diluted enough.
As a non-smoker that has lived in an urban area, I can assure you that cigarette smoke is very pervasive and can certainly be smelled quite strongly inside nearby properties, even if the windows are just on a 'vent' setting. One of my old neighbours used to enjoy a cigarette in the evenings and I could smell it in my bedrooms quite strongly.
It did annoy me a little I must admit, but not enough to have a an argument with my neighbour, as I'm not that sort of person.
I think it's probably a combination of the Ciminena smoke and cigar smoke, and quite simply being too near to their house for the smoke to become diluted enough.
As a non-smoker that has lived in an urban area, I can assure you that cigarette smoke is very pervasive and can certainly be smelled quite strongly inside nearby properties, even if the windows are just on a 'vent' setting. One of my old neighbours used to enjoy a cigarette in the evenings and I could smell it in my bedrooms quite strongly.
It did annoy me a little I must admit, but not enough to have a an argument with my neighbour, as I'm not that sort of person.
Mr GrimNasty said:
I think it's like being a smoker you can't smell it, yet it's disgusting for everyone else, also the fumes tend to sink a short distance and then flood the surrounding properties as they cool.
The companies that sell BBQs, Chimneas etc. have a lot to answer for.
I've got a tt of a neighbour who ruins every single summer with endless BBQs.
How would you like it if your neighbour had a bonfire on the best days of the year and forced you out of your garden and indoors with the windows shut in stifling heat and the stench of paraffin/smoke/cremations seeping in?
Summer is made for BBQ's you miserable tThe companies that sell BBQs, Chimneas etc. have a lot to answer for.
I've got a t
t of a neighbour who ruins every single summer with endless BBQs.How would you like it if your neighbour had a bonfire on the best days of the year and forced you out of your garden and indoors with the windows shut in stifling heat and the stench of paraffin/smoke/cremations seeping in?
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Just the other week the neighbours had gone away so their kids had a bit of a do. BBQ, music, messing about was no problem, love the smell of a barbie.
They also have a table and chairs close to our hedge and they were all sitting down and smoking. No problem normally, but was a bit of a pisser on one of the hottest days of the year when all our doors and windows were open. The top floor/lounge of our house reeked of fags.
I got the hump and asked them to smoke somewhere else.
They also have a table and chairs close to our hedge and they were all sitting down and smoking. No problem normally, but was a bit of a pisser on one of the hottest days of the year when all our doors and windows were open. The top floor/lounge of our house reeked of fags.
I got the hump and asked them to smoke somewhere else.
Thanks for all the replys!
The gardens aren't overly large, I burn my chiminea about 2 metres from our patio does which would be about 15 metres from their patio doors, which goes straight into their living room. I don't for a minute think they're eagerly waiting to jump out either Both last night as well as the previous time they mentioned about the smoke I hadn't started the cigars and we've had a few evenings without the chiminea being lit but a cigar that we've not complained.
I think I'll have a look at patio heaters as a replacement to the chiminea to keep both sides of the fence happy, and move the chiminea around the side of the house and see how I go!
The gardens aren't overly large, I burn my chiminea about 2 metres from our patio does which would be about 15 metres from their patio doors, which goes straight into their living room. I don't for a minute think they're eagerly waiting to jump out either Both last night as well as the previous time they mentioned about the smoke I hadn't started the cigars and we've had a few evenings without the chiminea being lit but a cigar that we've not complained.
I think I'll have a look at patio heaters as a replacement to the chiminea to keep both sides of the fence happy, and move the chiminea around the side of the house and see how I go!
If you were doing it every night, i'd probably take a small amount of umbrage, but if it's once a fortnight or something during the summer and they're not in their garden themselves, I'd just go ahead.
If they come out and say anything, just say okay and let it burn out, rather than douse it.
My neighbours BBQ every week when it's dry, doesn't bother me.
My other neighbour kicks my gate to get his bins through, that's starting to bother me somewhat.
If they come out and say anything, just say okay and let it burn out, rather than douse it.
My neighbours BBQ every week when it's dry, doesn't bother me.
My other neighbour kicks my gate to get his bins through, that's starting to bother me somewhat.
dirty boy said:
If you were doing it every night, i'd probably take a small amount of umbrage, but if it's once a fortnight or something during the summer and they're not in their garden themselves, I'd just go ahead.
If they come out and say anything, just say okay and let it burn out, rather than douse it.
My neighbours BBQ every week when it's dry, doesn't bother me.
My other neighbour kicks my gate to get his bins through, that's starting to bother me somewhat.
Well as I've said, since March it hasn't been used until last night, I've got a small amount of space down the side of my house and my garden fence which joins onto a road and its across a street and roundabout to the other house, I'll try using it in there and if they complain at that there isn't much I can do otherwise I'll need to get rid of it!If they come out and say anything, just say okay and let it burn out, rather than douse it.
My neighbours BBQ every week when it's dry, doesn't bother me.
My other neighbour kicks my gate to get his bins through, that's starting to bother me somewhat.
welshys90 said:
The gardens aren't overly large, I burn my chiminea about 2 metres from our patio does which would be about 15 metres from their patio doors...
Well that's 50 feet away so if that's the case it does sound a tad unreasonable. I had visions of you sitting underneath their bedroom windows smoking. welshys90 said:
Thank you for the suggestion, have you had any experiences with patio heaters? I had heard they cost a fortune to run?
It was years ago that we had one, but it lasted almost as long as the BBQ gas iirc. Another option would be an electric IR heater if you're close to the house.
Edited by Burrito on Saturday 25th July 18:06
kapiteinlangzaam said:
I highly doubt your neighbours are sat at their back door waiting patiently for you to light the chiminea so that they can run out and accost you.
Therefore, id say its likely that they are becoming aware of it after 20mins as that's how long it takes the horrible, rancid smell to seep in to their house.
On the face of it, their request seems reasonable. With the shoe on the other foot your PH rant would likely be pretty epic complaining about the a*sehole neighbour who lights up his chiminea and stinks the house out.
Id consider putting it in a new location (if possible) or doing away with it. Neighbour disputes are not worth the effort!
This is broadly what I was thinking.Therefore, id say its likely that they are becoming aware of it after 20mins as that's how long it takes the horrible, rancid smell to seep in to their house.
On the face of it, their request seems reasonable. With the shoe on the other foot your PH rant would likely be pretty epic complaining about the a*sehole neighbour who lights up his chiminea and stinks the house out.
Id consider putting it in a new location (if possible) or doing away with it. Neighbour disputes are not worth the effort!
They sound a little bit precious about their twins, but I would think they're genuinely smelling it and I wouldn't be happy if my kids' rooms smelled of smoke due to a neighbour's habits.
Thankfully my neighbours could set fire to their house and I'd barely see it, let alone smell it - rather than buy a patio heater just move to a house with no neighbours
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